Improvement in the manufacture of collars, cuffs



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collar or end thus manufactured being white, flexible, and having a smooth surface reprecompletely coated with the material, which also superfluous material may be removed by pass- UNITED STATES J Oress Reference PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED TAYLOR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF COLLARS, CUFFS 80G.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,513, dated October 17, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED TAYLOR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Shirt Collars and Cuffs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the same.

My improved shirt collar or cufi consists of muslin, linen, or other textile fabric coated with silicate ot'soda, combined with oxide of zinc or ns qnivamit, as described hereiu'affefi' the senting that of starched linen, and capable of being cleansed when soiled.

In order to enable others to make my invention, I will now proceed to describe the manner in which I carry it into effect.

The fabric which I use may be muslin or linen or other textile fabric of coarse or fine Texture, according to the quality of the collar or cuff to be produced.

I place in a vessel a quantity of liquid silicate of oda or liguor of flint with WlllOE a i'juantlty of oxide ot zinc as con intimately mixed, there liein g about one pound of the oxide of zinc to a gallon of the silicate. Through the composition thus prepared I pass a piece' of the textile fabric, so that the latter may be penetrates the interstices of the fabric. The

ing the saturated fabric between rollers or otherwise. The material may be applied to the fabric by an ordinary brush-a process, however, which is much more tedious than that first alluded to. After the fabric has received one coat it should be permitted to dry, when another coat may be applied, and after this as many other coats as desired may be applied, although in most cases two or three coats will suflice. After the fabric thus prepared is 2 F 1, 3 thoroughly dry it may be calendered bypassing it between polished rollers, and the surface may be polished, if desired, with fine sandpaper or other polishing materials. I v

I have found that the use of oxide of zipcin the silicate rendersthelcollarpliable andso far w roii'that it can be readily cleansed with a wet sponge or rag. At the same time the zinc produces the desired white and opaque appearance.

Although I have referred to the use of oxide QLzinc as a substance to be mixed with the silicate for producing the desired efl'ect, other substances may be used to advantage-such, for instance, as )hos hate of lime, carbonate of ma nes' an (it iereqiiiva en mm and a body may be imparted to the compound by the addition of a small quantit y of starch or other like substance, which also adds to the flexibility of the collar or cufi'.

After the piece of fabric has been pr pared it may be cut to the desired form of collar, cuff, shirt-bosom, or other article of wearingapparel which have usually been made of starched linen.-

By introducing coloringmatters into the silicate different tints may beimparted to the collar or cufl.

I claim as myinvention by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a collar, cuff, or shirt-bosom consisting of textile fabric coated with silicate of soda containing oxide of zinc or its equivalent, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing wituesses.

- ALFRED TAYLOR.

and desire to secure 

